Meet the 2019-2020 Interns

Meet Our Alumni

The record of achievement built by PIP alumni in the public service, academe, business, civil society, journalism and the legal profession is testament to the important role that PIP plays in developing the potential of exceptional young Canadians.

Message from Director

Research Corner

As part of the academic component of the Programme, interns complete an original research paper on an aspect of Parliament or Canadian politics. Interns select a topic and conduct their research under the supervision of the Programme Director drawing on their unique access to people on Parliament Hill and the resources available through the Programme.

Each year, interns present “close-to-finished” draft versions of these research papers in June at a special public seminar. The Gaboury Symposium, named after former Programme Director Jean-Pierre Gaboury, is organized in cooperation with the Institute on Governance.

All ten of the interns’ final papers are eligible for the Alfred Hales Prize. The Prize is awarded each year by the Institute on Governance for the best paper written by a Parliamentary intern. The prize-winning paper is selected by representatives of the Canadian Political Science Association, the House of Commons and the Institute on Governance.

Prize Winners

Kim Paradis Awarded the 2019 Alfred Hales Prize

Congratulations to Kim Paradis! Kim (PIP 2017-18) was awarded the 2019 Alfred Hales Prize by Michael O'Neill of the Institute on Governance. Kim received the award at a luncheon in June 2019 hosted by the Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker of the House of Commons. Her paper, and those of past winners, may be downloaded here:

Recent Alumni Publications and Research

Madalina Chesoi (PIP 2015-16) presented her paper on organizing constituency offices at the Canadian Study of Parliament Group Seminar in March 2018.

Morgan Ring (PIP 2012-13) completed her PhD in History at the University of Oxford, published a monograph on Renaissance politician Margaret Lennox ("So High a Blood: The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox," Bloomsbury, 2017), and recently spoke at the Stratford Festival Forum’s Table Talk series.